Scrappy quilts
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I love fabric and I like to see the variety in a scrappy quilt. It is fun to sit and find different fabrics in one quilt. I made a Christmas quilt and used hundreds of different fabrics. I like it organized, though, not just thrown together. My friends give me their "scraps". I am making a GFG with their scraps. To me they are delightful little pieces of my friends' quilts.
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scrap quilts are the origins of quilting itself. Back in the day, quilts were made from the scraps left over from sewing clothing, and "recycling" the useable parts of old clothing. I think the Colonials would be horrifed at the idea of us buying new fabric and cuttring it up into patterns.
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Originally Posted by justflyingin
Originally Posted by Peckish
I personally think there is love in every stitch of any handmade quilt, regardless of whether it's scrappy or not. I think for a lot of people, the appeal of scrappy is using up little bits of fabric that might otherwise be thrown out.
I suppose that "scrappy" quilt makers also compost, if they garden. (In fact, I ask for other people's grass clippings!)
:)
I got 3 garbage bags of fabric.....YIKES.....
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